Building the Farm Work Programme Stronger for Longer

When schools reopened their doors, many students returned to the classroom but not all returned at the same pace.  This is a phenomenon called learning loss…. a quiet but growing challenge affecting students, teachers, and families across the island.

Stronger for longer! That has been the pursuit of the government as it cultivates opportunities and maximize the impact of the Farmwork programme. Stay with us for highlights from the first send-off for 2026, of Jamaican farm workers to Canada.

          In any scenario, environment is everything. What do I mean by that? In our world, red is an attention-grabbing ‘look at me’ colour: we know this, but did you know that underwater, the SAME COLOUR reads as camouflage? Thanks to the physics of light wavelength absorption, at a certain depth, it’s invisible in the aquatic...